George d



(No Model.)

G. D. EIGHMIE.

V SHIRT.

No. 414,197. Patented Nov. 5, 1889.

."l l", v .1 'Il i l i 1 l l Nu :i "IIJ: n. I lip' 1 a1 i 5 l l f I '.11' e E @mib/Lames, m/uom/boz 3513, @Uf/tow @13 N. Firms. Pnawumgmphen wnmngm. nc.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

GEORGE D. EIGHMIE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHIRT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 414,197, dated November 5, 1889. Application filed May 29, 1889. Serial No. 312.513. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ wwnft it ntay concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE D. EIGHMIE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at New York,in the county of New York and State of New York, .have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shirts, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement in neckbands for shirts; and it has for its object to provide a neckband in which those portions which are attached to the yoke will run straight of the goods, thereby avoidingstretching of th at portion of the band extending from the point of the bosom to the back end of the yoke.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a plan view of my neckband. Fig. 2 isa plan View of a portion of a shirt with the neckband attached.

A represents the shirt-bosom, and B the yoke.

O represents the neckband, made either from muslin or linen. Between the points marked l l the upper edge of the band is curved downwardly or concave, and from those points outwardly it is slightly rounded upward or convex. On the lower edge it is curved downwardly or convex between the points marked 2 2, this being the portion which is to be secured to the bosom, and from those points outward to the ends it is cut on a straight line, the purpose of the downward curve in the neckband being to cause the upper end of the bosom to be located low down on the throat of the wearer. From this description it will readily appear that the middle portion of the band is cut bias of the cloth, while the ends are cut straight of the cloth.

As this middle portion of the band is secured to the bosom, which is guite thick, it cannot stretch, although cut bias, and as the end portions are cut straight of the goods they will neither stretch themselves nor permit the yoke,which is cut bias of the goods, to stretch.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A shirt provided with a neckband having a downward curve on its under edge between the points of its attachment to the front edges of the yoke, a corresponding curve on its upper edge from points opposite said points of attachment, and a straight lower edge along the line of its attachment to the yoke, whereby the upper end of the bosom is permitted to be located low down on the throat of the wearer, and the neckband is prevented from stretching on the yoke, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE D. EIGUM'IE.

Vitnesses:

WM. HUNTER MYERS, G. W. BALLooH. 

